I haven't read the books but i'm not sure how anyone is going to stop Daenerys if she get those 8000 badass dudes

- Dragons
- Possibly 8000 mercenary psychos who don't seem to feel pain and are 100 % loyal
- One of the GOAT warrior now on her side in Barristan Selmy

Granted a 8000 man army may not seem that impressive in numbers but those dudes don't look like ordinary soldiers and combine that with dragons decimating enemy ranks and greatly reducing their numbers and i'm not so sure anyone can stand against that.

I haven't read the books but i'm not sure how anyone is going to stop Daenerys if she get those 8000 badass dudes

- Dragons
- Possibly 8000 mercenary psychos who don't seem to feel pain and are 100 % loyal
- One of the GOAT warrior now on her side in Barristan Selmy

Granted a 8000 man army may not seem that impressive in numbers but those dudes don't look like ordinary soldiers and combine that with dragons decimating enemy ranks and greatly reducing their numbers and i'm not so sure anyone can stand against that.

No cavalry or seige weapons. They are all infantry. That's limiting factor right there. Remember too that Robb had 20000 men going into the war.

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Originally Posted by yakitate304

Regarding those three not being there... The episode was called Valar Dohaeris - "All men must serve" - and the whole episode was dedicated that theme. Sam and the Night's Watch. Jon and Mance's army. Bronn and Tyrion, Tyrion and Tywin. Davos and Stannis. Dany and the Unsullied, Barristan (hell yeah!) and Dany. The two ex-****** serving Sansa and Littlefinger. Even the bit with Robb putting his mother in a cell was about the necessity of his service being more important than personal ties. Margaery's scenes were really the only ones that stood out as not being directly related to that theme, but even then, it made the contrast of Joffrey's lack of service to the realm more apparent.

I'm not a book reader but it seems like it would have been difficult to have Jaime/Brienne and Arya/Gendry/etc. in the episode and tie it in to that theme. Jaime/Brienne seems more like it will be a personal rivalry, since they've already hammered home the point that Brienne doesn't serve the Starks, she serves Lady Catelyn and there wouldn't be much point repeating that just for the sake of having them in the first episode. Arya/Gendry aren't really in service of anyone.

Wow, very nice analysis. I never thought of that (usually don't pay attention to names of episodes), but that is very true.

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Dinklage Replaced for Game of Thrones Season 4
By Jacob Klein | HBO Series: Game of Thrones | Apr 1, 2013

EXCLUSIVE: Leading Game of Thrones actor and Emmy winner Peter Dinklage will not return to HBO’s flagship program for a fourth season in 2014. In a press conference the morning of April 1st, 2013 show creators David Benioff, Dan Weiss alongside George R.R. Martin made the announcement to stunned members of the media.

“Today is both a sad day and an exciting one for HBO’s Game of Thrones,” Benioff began. “Sad because we’ve all gotten to know Peter on set and love him dearly as a friend. We’ll miss him sorely. Exciting because we’re heading in an entirely new direction with the character of Tyrion Lannister for season 4.”

Warwick has reportedly asked for 1 million dollars per episode, amounting to nearly 20 percent of the show’s 50 million dollar per season budget. “We felt that Warwick’s experience and star power was well worth the investment,” Weiss said. “We’ll be seeing a lot less of the dragons and direwovlves due to the new budgeting that will have to be done to compensate. But in the end it’s a small price to pay for this kind of acting gravitas.”

The producers also noted that, in an effort to maintain continuity, Warwick Davis’ face will be digitally transposed over Mr. Dinklage’s in all future releases of Game of Thrones on DVD and Blu-Ray.

Also, there are some book readers around here not being too friendly. If I didn't read the books I'd never come into this thread. Just as I don't go into TWD thread having not read the comics. Too many posters "predicting" storylines and are "geniuses" when those crazy predictions happen.

Use the book thread if you're going to talk about **** like that. It's not majorly obvious, but it's apparent.

Don't know if this was ever mentioned in here but I recently found out Shae (Sibel Kekilli) did porn earlier in life!

Which explains her acting chops. She's the only one on the show who I think is a bad actor. She actually killed what could have been a great scene in Tyrion's room after Blackwater. Dinklage wasn't good in that scene either but I suppose it would be hard to be great opposite her.